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Leading With Compassion When Your Team Needs You Most
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With Charlie Beswick
In this video, Charlie shares simple, actionable ways that line managers can respond when a team member opens up about a personal challenge— whether it’s menopause, cancer, mental health, or being a carer. Through practical tools and real-world insight into what employees truly need, Charlie will show how managers can create safe, supportive spaces even when they don’t have all the answers. The session is a call to lead with empathy, presence, and human connection.
More from Charlie Beswick: Real Life Stories: Raising A Disabled Child.
Charlie Beswick is mum to 18-year-old twins, Oliver and Harry. She is the author of the best-selling book Our Altered Life, a brutally honest account of how she came to terms with a life she never expected. She is also an award-winning blogger and her family's story has been featured internationally on Sky Tv and national press.
Charlie founded SEND Gin & Cheese CIC to support maternal mental well- being at the point of their child’s diagnosis and beyond. She also founded More Than a Face charity and has spoken with over 6000 students to educate them on visible differences, including behaviours typically associated with autism. She is a teacher with over 16 years’ of experience in both primary and secondary schools.



